Polygonum sagittatum

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Inflorescences
Inflorescences
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Polygonum
Species: P. sagittatum
Binomial name
Polygonum sagittatum

Polygonum sagittatum (arrowleaf tearthumb) is a plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae.

[edit] Description

Polygonum sagittatum is a herbaceous plant with alternate, simple leaves, on spiny, rambling stems. The flowers are pink or white, borne in late summer through autumn.